Associate AI Engineer

At ShyftLabs, we live and breathe data. Since 2020, we’ve been helping Fortune 500 companies unlock growth through innovative digital solutions that drive real business impact. With teams across Canada, the U.S., and India, we’re growing quickly and looking for curious, motivated individuals who are excited to learn, build, and solve meaningful problems with technology.

ShyftLabs is looking for an Associate AI Engineer (New Grad) to join our growing engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate or early-career engineer who wants to work at the intersection of AI/ML and backend software development.

In this role, you’ll help design and build AI-powered features that are integrated directly into real-world applications and data platforms. You’ll work closely with experienced engineers, product managers, and architects to develop scalable backend services, integrate AI tools and APIs, and contribute to production-ready systems used by enterprise clients.

This is a hands-on engineering role with strong mentorship and learning opportunities, ideal for someone who enjoys both software development and applied AI technologies.

Assist in building and integrating AI-powered features into backend applications and workflows

Work with LLM APIs, machine learning models, and automation pipelines to support intelligent product experiences

Develop and maintain backend APIs, microservices, and integrations using modern development frameworks

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Support the development of scalable data pipelines and workflows for AI-enabled applications

Participate in testing, debugging, monitoring, and improving production systems

Contribute to technical documentation, API specifications, and architecture discussions